A Casco man is being held without bail after he allegedly assaulted and tried to strangle his girlfriend.

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Matthew Peterson, 38, was arrested on Monday afternoon by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office tactical team because he was known to be in possession of firearms and uncooperative with police, Sheriff Kevin Joyce said in a release. Peterson was charged on a warrant for domestic violence assault, strangulation.

The sheriff's office learned about the incident when a deputy stopped to assist a vehicle that had run out of gas on Route 302 in Casco at 1:49 a.m. on Saturday, the release said. The driver of the vehicle said she was Peterson's girlfriend, had been assaulted by him and was trying to get to a friend's house with her young son.

The woman told the deputy that Peterson had become angry with her after she returned home to Lakewood Road after a night out with friends, and he tried to strangle her, the release said.